81R5629 ALB-F
By: Villarreal H.B. No. 893
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the expansion of services provided under the child
health plan program for certain adolescents.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 62.151, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to
read as follows:
(c) In developing the plan, the commission, except as
provided by Subsection (c-1), shall ensure that primary and
preventive health benefits do not include reproductive services,
other than prenatal care and care related to diseases, illnesses,
or abnormalities related to the reproductive system.
(c-1) The commission shall ensure that an enrolled
adolescent who is at least 16 years of age has access to
comprehensive family planning services, except services related to
abortion or emergency contraception, as a covered benefit if the
adolescent already has at least one child.
SECTION 2. If before implementing any provision of this Act
a state agency determines that a waiver or authorization from a
federal agency is necessary for implementation of that provision,
the agency affected by the provision shall request the waiver or
authorization and may delay implementing that provision until the
waiver or authorization is granted.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.